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| Original author(s) | TouchDiva Corp. Ltd. |
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| Written in | Java |
| Type | Music |
| Website | http://www.touchdiva.com/ |
TouchDiva is an independent music streaming service, offering unlimited access to the majority of the content published by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, Warner Music Group, as well as various independent record labels. TouchDiva was founded 2008 by Thomas Christian Melskens and launched in Denmark – Scandinavia. Access to the TouchDiva music streaming service was initially only via the TouchDiva - a dedicated piece of hardware. However the TouchDiva music streaming service, will soon be available on a variety of platforms.
The TouchDiva Hardware
editUpon launch, the music service was only available on a dedicated piece of hardware - the TouchDiva. The TouchDiva was comprised of a 15,4 inch touchscreen, an embedded PC system and a Bang & Olufsen ICEPower amplifier module.
'Next generation' A new and upgraded version of the TouchDiva was presented at CES in Las Vegas January 2011. The new TouchDiva features the same design and appearance, but vastly improved hardware: 15,6 inch LCD panel, pure glass touchscreen using APR technology (Acoustic Pulse Recognition), Intel Atom Chipset as well as an upgraded amplifier module from Hypex Electronics.
History
editJanuary 1st. 2008 - Thomas Christian Melskens employs Mr. Bo Haaber as CEO of TouchDiva Europe A/S
Spring/summer 2008 - The TouchDiva unit is designed, and own production facilities in Shanghai, China were set up. Furthermore an international software team is set.
Spring/summer 2008 - Music streaming deals are negotiated and signed with the major labels: EMI, Warner Music, Universal Music Group and SONY Music.
The music service was launched in May 2009, and the TouchDiva device was sold through F.Group A/S (FONA) retail network.
December 2010 - Søren Tvilsted joins TouchDiva as Director of business development.
January 2011 - Prototypes of the new TouchDiva device and service was presented at CES in Las Vegas.
Present
editThe TouchDiva team is working on rolling out TouchDiva - music as a service worldwide. To realize the plan, a new funding round has just been initiated.
Furthermore new business models are being written, allowing the music service to run on various platforms, making it independent of the TouchDiva device itself. A concept allowing for complete flexibility with regards to hardware platform. By summer 2011 TouchDiva - Music as a service will run on Android, [[iOS, Blackberry, Symbion, Linux, MacOS X, Windows.